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The front door of an Urban Air Adventure Park, which plans to open a new location in Springfield.(Photo: Submitted)

A fight outside a Nashville trampoline park escalated into shots being fired on Saturday night.

At 10:06 p.m., Metro Nashville Police dispatch fielded a call from 4331 Old Hickory Blvd. — the address of the recently opened Urban Air Adventure Park in Old Hickory.

Reports were of a fight that resulted in shots fired.

The investigation is ongoing. Police did not confirm any victims or injuries at this time.

Posts on the Hip Old Hickory Facebook page called it a "mad scene" and raised concerns about violence and the possibility of underage drinking.

Stephanie Pederson, who identified herself as the owner of Urban Air, said in a post on Facebook that the incident arose as information about the trampoline park's teen night event got shared and went viral on Instagram.

"And it got out of control," she posted.

"We were fully staffed, had security on site, and shut the doors early due to how many people were showing up, but it was too much."

In a later post responding to questions about underage drinking at the facility, Pederson described youth acting out.

"We do not serve alcohol," she posted. "It was snuck in. Kids were sneaking in when we told them no more. They were jumping behind our concessions area and stealing."

Urban Air owner Stephanie Pederson responds to concern on the Hip Old Hickory Facebook page after a shooting outside the new Nashville trampoline park on Saturday night.(Photo: Fackbook)

Pederson posted that a fight broke outside inside, "which we do not tolerate," she said, "so we started asking people to leave.

"Outside in the parking lot additional fights broke out and then there were gunshots. Thank God no one was hurt.

"Please know this is NOT something we tolerate. The safety of our staff and our guests is the most important thing to us. There will no longer be any more teen nights, and we will increase security. Urban Air is supposed to be a family friendly establishment and it truly breaks my heart for our staff and our customers that something like this could happen."

Urban Air owner Stephanie Pederson responds to concern on the Hip Old Hickory Facebook page after a shooting outside the new Nashville trampoline park on Saturday night.(Photo: Fackbook)

Pederson later edited one of her replies, replacing it with a statement from the company.

"The safety and security of our guests and employees are our top priorities at Urban Air. The incident that occurred at our Nashville Park located at 4331 Old Hickory Boulevard is currently under review with officials at the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Our Park has a zero-tolerance policy for violence, and we enforce these strict guidelines. We would like to thank our first responders and our off-duty police officers, hired by Urban Air as additional security on Teen Nights, for their prompt response."

A spokesperson for Urban Air confirmed Pederson is an owner.

Urban Air Adventure Parks an entertainment franchise

Urban Air's new Nashville location, which opened at the end of 2018, is part of a growing entertainment franchise.

Last week, Dallas Morning News profiled Michael Browning Jr., the 34-year-old CEO and co-founder of Urban Air Adventure Parks, who in less than eight years, "has turned a single trampoline park in Southlake into the nation’s largest chain of family-oriented indoor theme parks."